Football fans, what’s wrong with this picture?

Tyran M, a facebook buddy of mine, shot this photo at a Kohl’s department store in Houston. While I understand some Houstonians may have allegiances to teams in other cities, balance seems to be lacking at this Houston store.

The Cowboys-Chargers game Sunday night did pull in some extremely favorable national TV ratings, but this is Houston. The Texans might not be labeled “America’s Team”, but they are Houston’s. Perhaps Jerry Jones owns stock in Kohl’s.

ROLF!!!
I have no prob with Cowboys fans from anywhere but Houston, but I feel that the Texans are going to turn the quota around once they show the heart and character they have to the rest of Texas. It’s better than having a team that is constantly full of criminals and narcissists.
I’m just not sure I want bandwagon jumpers just because of wins. There is a certain, as the French say…”I don’t know what”…to following your team through the hard times when you get to the good times.
I BELIEVE!!

Yeah I can’t tell you how much I agree with you. It bothers me to see so much Dallas Cowboy merchandise here in Houston. I thought we lived in Houston, TX? I have a feeling it has to do with the large Hispanic community here in Houston, and their allegiance to “the other Texas team”. Thanks for pointing this out!

Same issues in my local “Atascocita” “Electronics” store. The impulse shelves are full of Cowboys and Longhorns stuff. Very frustrating for a Texans season ticket holder with a child going to UH. We are Houstonians and PROUD OF IT!!! Let’s Go Texans!!!

It could be the buyers are from California or something. I went to Mexico about 10 years ago and one of the hotel barkers asked where we were from and I told him “Houston.” He got excited and told me they had a former Cowboys kicker in their hotel. He assumed because I was from Texas, I must be a Cowboys fan. I blame Larry Hagman. Also, a former kicker? Really?

I have seen the same thing at Academy, Sam’s Club and WalMart. And as a Texans PSL and season ticket holder I have mentioned it to their management, however they never seem to have an answer why they are marketing Dalls Cowboys merchandise.

My wife and I saw a similar setup at our local Target yesterday. Their display was half Cowboys/half Longhorns. We were disgusted as I’m a HUGE Texans fan and she’s an Aggie. We live in the Magnolia area, about 50 miles in between College Station and Reliant. Don’t understand this…

lol, some folks get all bent outta shape over trivial crap like this, dont none of it amount to a hill of beans in respect to the teams performance every year. just a bunch of booty hurt fans not wanting to accept that dallas is the marketable superior, i may not like it but im no dumb hick either that feels the need to berate or belittle anyone person or organization to attain some false sense of respectability,, lol

lol, some folks get all bent outta shape over trivial stuff like this, dont none of it amount to a hill of beans in respect to the teams performance every year. just a bunch of booty hurt fans not wanting to accept that dallas is the marketable superior, i may not like it but im no dumb hick either that feels the need to berate or belittle anyone person or organization to attain some false sense of respectability,, lol

You seem to have forgotten what you just wrote. Just because you don’t care about purchasing merchandise for “your” team doesn’t mean the real fans can’t be…I don’t think ayone from houston is a hick that’s our neigbors to the north…if you were a true houstonian you would be outraged that you team was getn outsold by a scrub dallas team who has done just as much as we have in our short time as a team…next time have the balls to put ur name on ur comment! OL BUSTA!

I was working in this Kohl’s when I saw this wall of cowboys gear. I said oh let me go find the Texans gear I know they will have one. After looking around I was like wait a minute the Texans don’t have any gear in hear? I walk back to look at the Cowboys wall again, As I’m looking at each T-shirt I see the lonely rack at the bottom left & said are you kidding me? This store is in Spring 45 & Louetta if you want to complain.

I will tell you since am exiled to land of Dallas Cowgirls Prison Exercise Yard (D/FW), these mentally challenged folks think people watching a Cowgirls game to cheer on other team to victory makes you a Cowgirls fan.

If your team wins in preseason it is a meaningless preaseason win, IF the mighty Dallas Cowgirls should squeak out a 1-point win over a 4-12 team..IT IS DESTINY.

Forget media in this inbred area (South Oklahoma), 99% of DFW media and some National media (Peter King) people have been getting paid by Jerry Jones since 1989 (so don’t hate him for selling merchandise where he can)….it is tough when your payroll has several thusand media people who would cover themselves in feathers and run naked down 45 @ Jerry’s orders.

I see same thing every time I come down to Houston, lots of Cowgirls STUFF (funny none of it Dallas Cowgirls primary color…PINK). To help out retailer and Houston, I take a Texans (and in a pinch ‘Stros) shirt and cover the disgusting sight of a Cowgirls shirt.

That way weak of stomach and pregant ladies won’t suffer, I mean how can you look at a logo stands for abuse of drugs and women, criminal activities and mediocrity and not feel sad for their fans. I mean really you still holding onto to what happened back in 1970’s, thinking the past is a valid excuse for your team sucking like a septic truck…REALLY

I bought a Cowgirl jersey for my brother-n-law and a Texan jersey for myself from JCPenneys a few years back. The Texan jersey was half the price!!! I told the cashier to rig me up for both jerseys at the Cowboy price….just wasn’t right.

First, I am a Texans fan. Second, I hate Dallas…the fans, the team, the City.

There is nothing wrong with this picture. When the Texans become winners, their merchandise will sell. The problem with many Houston fans is that they think just because you have a pro team in town or because you live in the Houston area you should respect and support the team. We’re Texans people! Respect must be earned. Our sports teams haven’t earned it. They want support, give us a reason to. Texans, Astros, Rockets…EARN IT!

The answer is so simple even a “Looper” can understand…businesses want to make money. People want Dallas Cowboy merchandise. That Houston crap doesn’t sell and never has. Katy Mills has a store filled with only Dallas Cowboy merchandise because the market is huge (America’s Team)….besides, stores don’t want to seel Houston stuff like dead cow parts the fans wear on their grill.

if you would be so kind to inform this houstonian as to your whereabouts, i would love to arrange a meeting to disscuss our differences, u seem like a swell guy and i would like you to get to know my size 10 boot, punks who insult ppl online with no intention of backin it up get on my nerves real quick so just kno if the technology ever comes out to reverse trace a posters address, sleep with one eye open. have a good one cowboy

Hey Junior, better check again. You obviously haven’t been to Katy Mills lately. Last time I saw, the Cowboys store there looked like the Cowboys fanblog…closed for business! Guess they weren’t making enough money, possibly due to a lack of interest in America’s 6-10 underachievers?

That might also explain why Kohls has all that excess inventory of Cowboys junk and are all but sold out of Texans gear.

Being the die-hard, season-ticket holding Texans fan you are, perhaps you should fill that spot with a Texans store, who knows, one day you might be rich!

C’Mon Crime Puppy, you know they closed because Houstonians bought everything in the store……and care to compare national sales of Dallas merchandise to the pathetic TexANNes?……I didn’t think so….now run along and get me a beer. And make sure it’s cold.

any one from houston that has been to dallas knows its real piece of crap. the entire town looks like the 5th ward. bunch of pompous arrogant snobs with a serious case of “greater than thou” syndrome. i wish yall mutterfruckers would agree to meet me in the flesh, yall get served lead, grow a freikin pair and meet me, punk, u name it u call it, ill provide the closure to this dispute

My wife recently quit Kohl’s. Constantly understaffed and the air conditioning/heat is controlled by the home office in Minnesota. She finally quit without another job b/c one of the corporate bigwigs told her that she was not supposed to be doing most of the closing tasks im front of all her asst. managers and the store manager and they didn’t say a word (at the time or afterward) even though they told her to do these tasks b/c she was better at it than them. Just wanted you to consider the source.
TEXAN FANS: Cast you vote with your wallet if you want to change this trend. If you buy it, they will display it.
TEXANS ROK!!

I’ve worked in sports for a decade after playing sports for two. And you’re just now questioning my credibility because you or somebody else might think I’m an attractive female? Where’ve you been, bro? Get with the program already, Mr. Large. You should have been mouthing off for years now…

As for my background – I’ve covered the Texans for six seasons, worked for the Rockets for four years, the Chronicle for six, CBS Radio for seven and in television for longer than any of those jobs. I interned and built robots at NASA, taught 8th grade algebra, earned two and a half degrees, graduated from a citizen’s police academy, played second base for my high school’s boys baseball team and center mid for the boys soccer team. I can hack loogies and talk sports with the rest of the boys. Don’t get nervous just because I put on eye shadow before I leave the house every morning.

I don’t really need to justify myself to you, Billy Boy. But every now and then, it’s fun to spark a little fight with an anonymous somebody being silly online. By the way, I’m learning how to box, and I have a nasty left hook if you’d like to see it.

If we ever meet, I’ll do you a favor and talk about purses or Oprah or whatever it is chicks like me are supposed to talk about. Whatever makes you feel more comfortable.

Anna,
Nice response. Way to own your blog.
You sound like a well rounded person. I especially like the NASA part. I wish I’d done half that stuff in my 47+ years.
BTW, on a professional basis, nice rporting. I, for one, find the interesting. Keep em coming.

I used to watch the cowboys on TV just to see if they would lose. Until one day I realized that if every person that doesn’t like the cowboys watched them just to see them lose, well that would make a bigger audience watching the game they are playing in and the ratings for that game would be higher. So, I just don’t watch any of their games unless they play against the Texans. Since they receive higher ratings the networks can identify if we are watching them lose or win there is no distinction—catch my drift. This might be one of the reasons why they have prime games and we don’t, and we have identical records in 2010. So bottom line is—-every Texans fan should not watch the other Texas team game on TV and it should lower their ratings.

You think thats bad in Houston,come to San Antonio. Cant find any Texans gear down here. And yes,they really do market to band wagon hispanics. They only are Spurs fans when they have won a championship,not before but after. Like most cowsmoker fans.

People like winners, not losers. And the Texans have given little reason for a majority of people in Houston to have a vreason to have an emotional tie to the program, and they will be a .500 team at best this year.